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Brief • June 19, 2006
Senesackda v Petray Ar Seg Confinement Due Process Judgment 2006 Case 5:05-cv-05009-JLH Document 39 Filed 06/19/2006 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION PHETPINTHONG SENESACKDA v. PLAINTIFF Civil No. 05-5009 CAPTAIN HUNTER PETRAY; and LT. PAUL CARTER DEFENDANTS O R D …
Brief • June 19, 2006
Warburton v Doc Vt Release Worker Drink Contaminated by Prisoner 2006 I ) WILLIAM'H. SORRELL ' ~L.: (802),.241-2840 FAX: (8.02) ~41-2736 ATl'ORNID:' GENERAL 'JANET C. MURNANE , DHPUI'Y ATrORNEY GBNBRAL http://www.atg.state.vt.us WILLIAM E. GRIFFIN CHIBF ASST. 'ATrORNEY GENERAL . STATE OF VERMONT OFFICE OF mEA1TORNEY GENERAL 103 'SOUTH MAIN STRBET …
Brief • June 16, 2006
Mcgee v. City of Tulsa, Settlement 2, Ok, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2006 Case 4:03-cv-00704-CVE-PJC Document 188-2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 06/16/2006 Page 1 of 2 Case 4:03-cv-00704-CVE-PJC Document 188-2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 06/16/2006 Page 2 of 2
Brief • June 16, 2006
Mcgee v. City of Tulsa, Settlement 1, Ok, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2006 Case 4:03-cv-00704-CVE-PJC Document 188-1 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 06/16/2006 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ARVIN CARSELL McGEE, JR., an individual Plaintiff, THE CITY OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA Defendant. …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright This months cover story highlights abuse in the Maine prison system which consists mostly of one prison. While a lot of PLNs news and legal coverage focuses on states such as Texas and California and the federal Bureau of Prisons, in large part because …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Maquiladoras Expanding in Mexico; Global System of Prison Factories Envisioned by Michael Rigby U.S. businessman Joe Robertson has a dream: A global system of foreign-owned factories employing prisoners and their families for low wages and with few benefits. But for now his sights are set on Mexico, where he hopes …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More by Michael Rigby The North Carolina Department of Corrections prison industries program routinely violates state purchasing guidelines and lacks adequate internal controls, a state audit has confirmed. The audit, released on October 19, 2005, also found that guards were sometimes overpaid, …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T by Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment Theory A unanimous California State Supreme Court held that non involved female employees could sue the Department of Corrections (CDC) for sexual …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Death Row, Media, Prisoner Media
The Decline and Fall of the Prison Press by Leah Caldwell It was a melee, a riot, a simmering dispute. Despite the nomenclature, coverage of the August 9, 2005, prisoner incident at San Quentin prison was hardly diversified. 39 prisoners were injured in one of the largest riots since 1982 …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D by Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And Data Analysis The California State Auditor issued a stinging 58 page report in November 2005 that squarely fixed the blame for the purported failure of the …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson The Nevada Supreme Court held that the States Son of Sam law violates the First Amendment. In 1977, New York enacted the nations first Son of …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor Via legislative enactment (SB 737) effective July 1, 2005, the California DOC (formerly CDC) was renamed the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) was …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
$40,000 Default Judgment Reversed for Determination of Service of Process Validity by In a case of unusual circumstances, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a default judgment of $40,000 in favor of a prisoner against a prison nurse for failure to serve process, but ordered the district court …
Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison by Pennsylvania's Dauphin County Prison (DCP) will receive $65,000 from its food service vendor due to overbilling. The settlement comes on the heels of a several-month grand jury investigation started in 2004 to examine allegations of watered-down food and overcharging. The agreement, …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority (PIA) loses money in 20 of 28 enterprises it operates in CDCR prisons, provides rehabilitative work for a declining number of prisoners in spite …
$20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges by The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a jurys award of $20,500 to a pretrial detainee in a civil rights action, alleging denial of due process from the filing of false disciplinary charges. Jason Surprenant was a pretrial …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Unpaid Prisoners Clean Up Rita Ravaged Southeast Texas by With few federal funds headed for areas of Southeast Texas devastated by Hurricane Rita, state officials are using the free labor of Texas prisoners to augment clean up efforts. As of January 30, 2006, prisoners from the Larry Gist State Jail …
Estate of Pennsylvania Prisoner Killed By Wexford Health Sources Settles Suit for $2.15 Million by Michael Rigby Wexford Health Sources and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have agreed to pay $2.15 million to the family of an asthmatic prisoner who died after her medication was denied at the State Correctional Institution …
Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue by Michael Rigby During its six years of operation, the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility has been criticized over abuse, suicide attempts, and a policy of filling beds at the maximum-security prison with low level offenders. But even after its closure, the privately run …
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